Youth Imperative or “Generations at the Barricades”: Romantic “Mythology” of the New Wave Generation in the Censorship Materials of “UKPPiW” from the 1960s and 70s Cover Image

Imperatyw młodości, czyli „z pokolenia na pokolenie na barykadach”. Romantyczna „mitologia” generacji Nowej Fali w świetle materiałów GUKPPiW na przełomie lat 60. i 70.
Youth Imperative or “Generations at the Barricades”: Romantic “Mythology” of the New Wave Generation in the Censorship Materials of “UKPPiW” from the 1960s and 70s

Author(s): Joanna Hobot-Marcinek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Romantic drama; reception; censorship; Polish People’s Republic; New Wave poetry

Summary/Abstract: This article reflects on the politically biased censorship practices towards the dramas of Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki. It also discusses the censorship conducted by the “UKPPiW” office of the new re-interpretations of Romantic literary tradition, which alluded to the stereotypical function of adolescence. The author concentrates on the conflicting attitudes of the New Wave poets and censors. The first group perceived the Romantic nonconformists as their ancestors while the second was concerned about the concept of Romantic youth understood as imperative contestation of reality.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 37-49
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish